The Limits of Human Strength

"No." Welt spoke up. "No single individual can represent all of humanity."

"If what you saw was exactly as you described, I'm more inclined to believe that someone was conducting a sandbox simulation with the consciousness of Honkai."

"Their game was merely a simulation on a chessboard. It cannot represent the battle between humanity and Honkai."

Han Jiang asked, "But even if it was only a simulation, someone qualified to conduct a sandbox simulation with the consciousness of Honkai... that would be too..."

Han Jiang instantly thought of someone, someone who had disappeared long ago—Otto!

"Mr. Welt, could the person I saw have been Otto?"

"Otto!" Welt's expression changed as he frowned. "How could that be? He can't..."

"There's a forty percent chance it was Otto!" Welt changed his answer halfway through.

Han Jiang pressed, "What about the other sixty percent?"

Welt drew a breath. "The other sixty percent is probably the Venerable Lord of World Serpent, Kevin Kaslana!"

"Do you remember what happened when we were in Changkong City?" Welt asked.

Han Jiang nodded. "You mean... Otto used the Second Divine Key to reach the side of Honkai's consciousness!?"

"The Second Divine Key was not a Divine Key created for combat. Its purpose is to observe parallel worlds and travel through space."

"When the true body of the Second Divine Key merges with its beacon, and its real function is unleashed, it can reach the end of Imaginary Space..."

Einstein could not continue her speculation. If it was true, Otto could no longer be described as merely "human."

A human standing opposite the Honkai Will—perhaps only...

If the guess was true, then whether Otto had been playing against it or merely watching, it was an incredibly remarkable feat.

Facing the consciousness of Honkai as a human being... was that